8dust
Contributor
So, to start off with, Im an inherently retro kinda guy. Not hard-core vintage, but I started diving in 82, and thats pretty well where my head is at. All the new high-tec stuff really doesnt interest me much. Tried on a new top of the line BC vest the other day at the LDS just for fun, and felt like I was headed off to outer space, not for a swim. Very happy to keep using my Scubapro backpack
. ANYWAY, I digress
point of the story is, that I have always dove U.S. Divers' regs., they just keep on ticking
but, I have also always secretly admired those shiny chrome-face Dacor regs.,
. Then, along came Craigs list
.
Just picked up a set of 2 Dacor Pacer XL regs, good looking 350 first-stage, good looking DG/PG console, and a LP inflator hose, all in excellent looking shape, and reportedly serviced yearly until 5 years ago and then not used since.
Yes yes yes, I know servicing and parts can/will be a problem, but there isnt a bit of corrosion showing anywhere and I bought the lot for what the LP hose would cost new . So I feel pretty good about it.
All of this build up gets me to my question: both regs. Have plastic clamps on the face labeled purge button depressor install for storage, remove for diving *** ?
Never seen one of em there. Are the internal springs or diaphragms so delicate you need these? Or whats the purpose? As you may figure, I havent ever serviced my own regs., so Im not totally sure about what the guts look like, and what the advantage of this might be. Also makes me wonder how my USD regs. are different enough as to not require.
Any information would be helpful and appreciated.
Prob. time to start learning how to do a rebuild if I come across someone who has some parts on the back of a shelf somewhere.
Thanks in advance!
Just picked up a set of 2 Dacor Pacer XL regs, good looking 350 first-stage, good looking DG/PG console, and a LP inflator hose, all in excellent looking shape, and reportedly serviced yearly until 5 years ago and then not used since.
Yes yes yes, I know servicing and parts can/will be a problem, but there isnt a bit of corrosion showing anywhere and I bought the lot for what the LP hose would cost new . So I feel pretty good about it.
All of this build up gets me to my question: both regs. Have plastic clamps on the face labeled purge button depressor install for storage, remove for diving *** ?
Never seen one of em there. Are the internal springs or diaphragms so delicate you need these? Or whats the purpose? As you may figure, I havent ever serviced my own regs., so Im not totally sure about what the guts look like, and what the advantage of this might be. Also makes me wonder how my USD regs. are different enough as to not require.
Any information would be helpful and appreciated.
Prob. time to start learning how to do a rebuild if I come across someone who has some parts on the back of a shelf somewhere.
Thanks in advance!